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RI HB 7022

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AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- UNFAIR SALES PRACTICES

Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did RI HB 7022 pass?

No. RI HB 7022 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2026-01-27). Latest recorded action (2026-01-27): 01/27/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

What is RI HB 7022 about?

Requires businesses to notify customers whenever a surcharge or fee for payment made by credit card is imposed.

Who sponsors RI HB 7022?

Costantino, Messier, Shallcross Smith and 1 others are the primary sponsors of RI HB 7022.

Description

Requires businesses to notify customers whenever a surcharge or fee for payment made by credit card is imposed.

Introduced
2026-01-09
Latest action
2026-01-27 — 01/27/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Costantinoprimary
  • Messierprimary
  • Shallcross Smithprimary
  • Fellelaprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-09

    01/09/2026 Introduced, referred to House Corporations

    introduction,referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-23

    01/23/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/27/2026)

  3. 2026-01-27

    01/27/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

    committee-failure

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://status.rilegislature.gov/

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:31:46.990152Z

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